MICAT 2018 on December 17 and February 17; Application starts from September 26

MICA Ahmedabad has announced MICAT 2018, the entrance exam for its flagship programme Post Graduate Diploma in Management – Communication (PGDM-C) on September 15, 2017. Like the last two years, MICAT will be conducted twice. While MICAT – I is scheduled on December 17, 2017, MICAT – II will be held on February 17, 2018. Incidentally, MICAT – I date is coinciding with SNAP 2017, which is also scheduled on December 17, 2017.

However, since SNAP 2017 was announced on August 10, it is expected that MICA may change MICAT – I exam date. The application process of MICAT – I will commence from September 26, 2017, and continue till November 30, 2017. Let us take a detailed look at the MICAT 2018 exam notification.

According to the MICAT 2018 eligibility criteria, candidates should be graduates in any discipline from a recognised institute or university. The total duration of education should comply with the 10+2+3 years scheme. Final year graduation students are also eligible to apply. According to MICA Ahmedabad, candidates who demonstrate an aptitude for expressing, assessing, and /or conceiving ideas that move people to action and achieve business results tend to stand a better chance of being shortlisted.

MICAT 2018 Application Process

The MICAT application form will be available from September 26, 2017 in online mode. Candidates have to register at the official MICA website to generate login credentials. The application fee is Rs. 1965 which can be paid through Credit/Debit Card and Netbanking.

MICAT is a computer-based test of approx 165 minutes duration. It is a combination of objective and subjective questions. The total number of questions is 140 which will come from six sections, namely, Psychometric (P), Verbal ability (VA), Quantitative Ability (QA), General awareness (GA), Divergent-Convergent Reasoning (DCR) and Descriptive Test (DT).

MICAT 2018 will be conducted in 27 cities across India.

MICAT Shortlist and Selection Criteria

MICA will declare the shortlist for Group Exercise (GE) and Personal Interview (PI) on March 1, 2018. The shortlisting process will include scores of CAT 2017 or XAT 2018 or GMAT (2016 onwards), performance in MICAT and the better of the scores of MICAT – I and MICAT – II would be considered for those who take both MICATs. The final selection procedure of MICAT is as below.

Final selection procedure

Parameters

Weightages Assigned

MICAT 2017

50 per cent

GE

18 per cent

PI

30 per cent

CAT/XAT/GMAT scaled scores

2 per cent

The GE & PI rounds will be conducted in three phases. The first phase will be held in Delhi and Kolkata, the second phase in MICA, Ahmedabad campus and the third phase in Bangalore and Mumbai. The final result of MICAT 2018 will be declared on March 31, 2018.

Last year, as many as 3908 candidates took the MICAT 2017 exam out of 4453 registered candidates. There are 180 seats in PGDM-C programme at MICA.

Hi Aditya,You already have a good academic background. So you should start building your resume to better your chances.In order to crack IIM's you need to appear for CAT and MICAT for MICA, Ahmedabad....Read More

Hi Aditya,

You already have a good academic background. So you should start building your resume to better your chances.In order to crack IIM's you need to appear for CAT and MICAT for MICA, Ahmedabad.

Common Admission Test (CAT) is national-level management entrance examination conducted by the Indian Institutes of Management (IIM). Apart from 20 IIMs, CAT scores are used for admission to various management institutes across the country.

Top IIM's such as IIM A,B,C easily require 99+ together with work ex and good academic record. A score of 95+ is necessary to get a GD/PI call in other IIMs. Your tentative performance in the interview and your entire profile would be considered during selections.

Similarly, MICA shortlists students who have secured the cutoff in the national level MICAT test for further rounds of interview.

There is obviously nospecific offlinetraining for MICAT; however, most of the coaching centres do have special classes for MICAT preparation.
Specific online programmes are available at -:
1)Career...Read More

There is obviously nospecific offlinetraining for MICAT; however, most of the coaching centres do have special classes for MICAT preparation.

Specific online programmes are available at -:

1)Career Anna2)CATKing

For offline programmes with modules/ classes/ workshops/ lectures dedicated to MICAT are -:

MICA does not release MICAT cutoff for admission. The institute shortlists candidates on the basis of section-wise scaled scores. Once the result is announced, MICA may declare the MICAT 2018 cutoff f...Read More

MICA does not release MICAT cutoff for admission. The institute shortlists candidates on the basis of section-wise scaled scores. Once the result is announced, MICA may declare the MICAT 2018 cutoff for admission to Post Graduate Diploma in Management - Communications (PGDM-C) programme offering 180 seats.

The selection process includes MICAT, Group Exercise (GE) and Personal Interaction (PI) round conducted by MICA. The admissions will be based on the performance in MICAT 2018, selection rounds and candidate's profile.

The tentative MICAT cut-off by experts should be around 45-47 marks and the MICA will announce the list of shortlisted candidates for MICAT selection procedure on March 1. The shortlisted candidates will have to appear for GE and PI rounds. The final merit list will be prepared by MICA, which will be announced on March 31, 2018.

Your score is close to the expected cut-off so hope for the best and wait for the result.